August 4, 2021
All four quarterfinals were on Wednesday. The first game featured a close first half, but China had a strong third quarter only to be answered by Serbia dominating the final period to win 77-70. Breanna Stewart and the United States used a strong start to roll past Australia 79-55. A game that was expected to be fantastic lived up to the hype as Emma Meesseman and Kim Mestdagh led Belgium, but Yuki Miyazawa and Japan persisted and completed a comeback to win 86-85. The last game of the day saw Spain’s hopes of staying on the global stage next year fade as their late efforts fell short against France 67-64.
China vs. Serbia 70-77 CHN Shao 17/6r Han 15/7r Li YR 12/6r Sun 9 Li M 6 Pan 4 Li Y 4/6a Wang 3 Yang 0 Huang 0 Wu 0 Zhang 0 SRB Brooks 18 Vasic 16/10r Dabovic 13/6a Stankovic 8 Jovanovic 6 Anderson 6 Krajisnik 4/8r Crvendakic 3 Skoric 3 Butulija 0 Cado DNP Dugalic DNP
Australia vs. United States 55-79 AUS Mitchell 14/6a George 11/7r Tolo 6 Magbegor 5 Talbot 4 Allen 3/7r Lavey 3 Blicavs 2 Ebzery 2 O’Hea 2 Madgen 2 Smith 1 USA Stewart 23 Griner 15/8r Wilson 10 Bird 9 Gray 7/8a Fowles 4/7r Taurasi 4 Diggins 4 Atkins 3 Charles 0/6r Loyd 0 Collier 0
Japan vs. Belgium 86-85 JPN Miyazawa 21 Takada 19 Akaho 12/7r Machida 10/14a Motohashi 10 Hayashi 9 Nagaoka 4 Mawuli 1 Todo 0 Okoye 0 Miyoshi DNP Miyazaki DNP BEL Meesseman 25/11r/6a K. Mestdagh 24/7r Allemand 11/8a Delaere 10 Raman 8/7r H. Mestdagh 3 Vanloo 2 Linskens 2 Massey 0 Nauwelaers 0 Carpreaux DNP Wauters DNP
Spain vs. France 64-67 ESP Ndour 16/11r Cazorla 12 Ouvina 11 Torrens 10 Dominguez 7 Gil 4/9r Casas 2 Carrera 2 Palau 0 Conde 0 Rodriguez DNP Abalde DNP FRA Johannes 18 Williams 11 Miyem 9 Duchet 8 Gruda 6 Chartereau 4 Rupert 4 Vukosavljevic 4 Michel 2 Ciak 1 Fauthoux 0 Tchatchouang DNP
Bracket:
United States vs. Serbia
Japan vs. France